Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by solarkraft on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:38PM
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> Is every visiting rando from the Internet a user?
Yes.
> Or could you comply by stating, "for a processing fee of $17,750 USD, we will mail a thumb drive to a real person's residential address"?
The author doesn't have to distribute their clause for free, but I assume there's some clause about not being allowed to charge an outrageous price. More importantly, whoever pays for the initial distribution will be allowed to further distribute it for free.
Yes.
> Or could you comply by stating, "for a processing fee of $17,750 USD, we will mail a thumb drive to a real person's residential address"?
The author doesn't have to distribute their clause for free, but I assume there's some clause about not being allowed to charge an outrageous price. More importantly, whoever pays for the initial distribution will be allowed to further distribute it for free.
See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#CompanyGPLCostsMon...